Police warn that drugs on shopping carts could kill youLos Angeles TimesIf you've spent any time on the internet recently, you might have seen that viral warning from the Leachville Police Department in Arkansas. Though it has since been deleted from the department's Facebook page, it had many families with small children ...

Air pollution can worsen osteoporosis: studyNew York Daily NewsThe study, published in the journal Lancet Planetary Health this month, observed 9.2 million people across seven years and found that even small increases in air pollution correlated with an increase in hospital admissions for bone fractures. A smaller ...

Ketones: Secret weapons in fitness and the fight against fat?The Mercury NewsIf you've been hearing all the chatter about the latest health and fitness fad, you may well be wondering what all the fuss is about ketones. From diets to supplements, there are a lot of different ways to “go keto.” The ketogenic diet, which was first ...

Study Shows How a Low Calorie Diet Can Reverse Type 2 DiabetesScienceAlertNew research reveals the mechanisms through which low calorie diets can reverse type 2 diabetes in animals, and if those effects can be transferred over to people, we could have a host of new drug options for treating the chronic condition. Links ...

DEA Cutting Rx Opioid Supply in 2018Pain News NetworkThe U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is going ahead with plans to reduce the supply of many opioid painkillers by 20 percent next year. That's in addition to steep cuts in opioid production quotas the agency imposed in 2017. In a notice quietly ...